--- configure.in
+++ configure.in
@@ -36,22 +36,24 @@ dnl Debian, and possibly other systems, 
         LUA_CFLAGS="`[$LUACONFIG --include]`"
         LUA_LIBS="`[$LUACONFIG --static]`"
     else dnl ...otherwise, attempt to guess
-        LUA_CFLAGS=""
-        LUA_LIBS=""
-        AC_CHECK_LIB(lua, lua_setfenv, LUA_LIBS="$LUA_LIBS -llua",
-        [AC_CHECK_LIB(lua50, lua_setfenv, LUA_LIBS="$LUA_LIBS -llua50",
-        [AC_CHECK_LIB(lua5.0, lua_setfenv, LUA_LIBS="$LUA_LIBS -llua5.0",
-            [AC_MSG_ERROR([*** Lua5 is required.
-             Try --with-lua=PREFIX
-             You can download lua from http://www.lua.org])],
-             $LUA_LIBS)], $LUA_LIBS)], $LUA_LIBS)
-
-        AC_CHECK_LIB(lualib, luaopen_base, LUA_LIBS="$LUA_LIBS -llualib",
-        [AC_CHECK_LIB(lualib50, luaopen_base, LUA_LIBS="$LUA_LIBS -llualib50",
-        [AC_CHECK_LIB(lualib5.0, luaopen_base, LUA_LIBS="$LUA_LIBS -llualib5.0",
-            [AC_MSG_ERROR([*** Lualib5 is required.
-             You can download lua from http://www.lua.org])],
-             $LUA_LIBS)], $LUA_LIBS)], $LUA_LIBS)
+        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LUA, lua, [], [
+            LUA_CFLAGS=""
+            LUA_LIBS=""
+            AC_CHECK_LIB(lua, lua_setfenv, LUA_LIBS="$LUA_LIBS -llua",
+            [AC_CHECK_LIB(lua50, lua_setfenv, LUA_LIBS="$LUA_LIBS -llua50",
+            [AC_CHECK_LIB(lua5.0, lua_setfenv, LUA_LIBS="$LUA_LIBS -llua5.0",
+                [AC_MSG_ERROR([*** Lua5 is required.
+                 Try --with-lua=PREFIX
+                 You can download lua from http://www.lua.org])],
+                 $LUA_LIBS)], $LUA_LIBS)], $LUA_LIBS)
+
+            AC_CHECK_LIB(lualib, luaopen_base, LUA_LIBS="$LUA_LIBS -llualib",
+            [AC_CHECK_LIB(lualib50, luaopen_base, LUA_LIBS="$LUA_LIBS -llualib50",
+            [AC_CHECK_LIB(lualib5.0, luaopen_base, LUA_LIBS="$LUA_LIBS -llualib5.0",
+                [AC_MSG_ERROR([*** Lualib5 is required.
+                 You can download lua from http://www.lua.org])],
+                 $LUA_LIBS)], $LUA_LIBS)], $LUA_LIBS)
+        ])
    fi
 fi
 AC_SUBST(LUA_CFLAGS)